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The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

Miami events this weekend: April 13-15

Miami events this weekend: April 13-15

Mercedes Hipolito, Creativity Director April 13, 2018

Beautiful beaches, shining sun and cool breezes are minor features of Miami’s core. Need fun activities to do with your friends and family? This is a weekend guide of some places to go and things to...

HIV-positive speaker Scott Fried talks to students about self worth and confidence. PTSA sponsored Fried's attendance for the Choose Kind campaign.

Fried to students: “you’re enough”

Alan Imar, Online Managing Editor April 11, 2018

As a part of PTSA's Choose Kind week, HIV-positive speaker Scott Fried spoke to students about destructive decisions that lead to his infection and the importance of self worth on April 10, 2018. He gave...

The daily gameshow on your phone

The daily gameshow on your phone

Mercedes Hipolito, Creative Director March 5, 2018

HQ Trivia is a live trivia game show app with cash prizes. The app made its debut back in September and costs absolutely nothing to join. At 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST, host Scott Rogowsky, now also known...

2000s Music Quiz: Finish the song

2000s Music Quiz: Finish the song

Alexis Sanford, Staff Writer February 27, 2018

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Spike Lee directs "Do the Right Thing" in 1989. Lee's company has produced over 35 films since 1983.

Lee’s got game

Zachary Weinberger, Entertainment Editor February 27, 2018

Just the words “A Spike Lee Joint” at the start of afilm generates curiosity for what's in store. Lee revolutionized the landscape of independent cinema through themes of race relations and the struggle...

(From left to right) Junior Kevin Ordet, Assistant Principal Pamela Clappier, gifted counselor Elissa Rubinowitz, parent Udi Manor and sophomore Amaya Strange hold candles to honor the lives lost in the Douglas shooting. 17 candles were lit in total.

Krop remembers 17 lost lives, advocates for change at vigil organized by PTSA

February 26, 2018

Students, teachers, parents and administrators joined together in the South Patio on Wednesday  evening to honor the lost lives of the 17 victims of the Douglas High School shooting. The Parent Teacher...

Students walk the track in support of gun control reform as a part of the "walk-out" movement, which aims to bolster support for gun control. More than two-hundred students circled the track starting at noon on Feb. 21.

Students walk-out, call for gun control

Alan Imar, Online Managing Editor February 23, 2018

Students at nearly 50 schools around South Florida walked out of school midday to protest gun violence and bolster support for gun control. In solidarity with the victims of the shooting at Marjory...

An MDCPS Maintenance and Operations bulldozer clears the student parking lot of the dugout's roof wreckage. The debris had blown away during Hurricane Irma in Sept. 2017.

Debris cleared after months of uncertainty

Alan Imar, Online Managing Editor February 9, 2018

Five months after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Fla., debris from the softball dugouts sat idly blocking parking spots in the student lot. On Thursday Feb. 9, MDCPS Maintenance and Operations employees...

Passengers boarded the Brightline train at a station after its launch last month. After its initial launch, Brightline is seeking to expand into Miami-Dade county.

Brightline: Ft. Lauderdale to West Palm Beach in 40 minutes

Alexis Sanford, Staff Writer February 7, 2018

Brightline is the new, higher-speed express train that runs between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. A VIP inaugural service was held Friday, January 12th. The first public ride was the following day....

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, second from right, march in Selma. The Selma-to-Montgomery march was held in 1965.

To combat racism, come together as community

Alan Imar, Online Managing Editor February 6, 2018

In the morning hours of September 15, 1963, as four young African American girls were getting ready for the Sunday church service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, a bomb exploded, tragically...

Artist Bruno Mars wins the award for Album of the Year for "24k Magic." During the show, Mars won a total of 6 Grammy awards  like Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

60th annual Grammy recap

Zachary Weinberger, Entertainment Editor February 6, 2018

The 60th annual Grammy Awards was held Sunday night in Los Angeles, California and opened with a fiery performance from nominee (and eventual winner) Kendrick Lamar, who was nominated for his album “DAMN.”...

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